| ITERATES | Intern, Nantes, with entirely no end to prescription repeats (8) |
| FORMULAIC | According to prescription, cast's top class and non-clerical (9) |
| CHALLENGER | Objector to church with entirely green assembly (10) |
| WALLOP | Thrash with entirely old power |
| PANTHEON | Temple of Hope, Nantes, mostly rebuilt (8) |
| MUSCADET | Dry white French wine produced in the lower Loire valley near Nantes (8) |
| MAKELELE | Claude ........ , former France, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Paris St-Germain and Nantes midfielder appointed KAS Eupen boss in 2017 (8) |
| BRITTANY | Region of NW France whose cities include Nantes, Rennes and Brest |
| COQAUVIN | For starters, casserole of quality, as usual, valued in Nantes |
| EMINENT | Famous European tunnel to the centre of Nantes (7) |
| CARROT | Root vegetable with popular cultivars 'Nantes' and 'Chantenay' (6) |
| ASAMISSION | Oversight includes couple from Nantes fiercely determined to act (2,1,7) |
| BRETON | Native of Nantes backed around end of skyscraper (6) |
| MARCEAU | Mimer's brandy served with water in Nantes (7) |
| ENE | Nantes-to-Angers dir. |
| EDICT | A proclamation having the force of law, such as that issued in Nantes in 1598, granting rights to the Huguenots (5) |
| SAVOIR | To know, in Nantes |
| LOIRE | River on which the French city of Nantes is built (5) |
| ENPASSANT | Nantes spa built by the way, in France (2,7) |
| ORIENT | London side 0-0 in Nantes half way through match (6) |
